Andiamo
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Howie,
great to hear your experience - that your horse travelled well, and settled in quickly. Also good to hear about the hacking and that he took to it like an old hand Mine has never hacked before either, and I'm not sure whether to brave the first ride myself or get a pro to do it...the hacking will be directly in The New Forest - so he will have a lot to cope with - wild hairy cows running free, ponies, deer, plus, the sheer wilds of the New Forest will be completely a new experience for him. So when you hack, do you go with others? Does he get on with other horses well? Can you only hack with geldings?
When you say your boy got stage fright in warm up arenas - what did he do? What was he frightened of - the other horses, mirrors etc or the new environment? Does he behave well in new environments normally?
BD gave you 260 points - I've been wondering about that myself, since he is a wee bit older (5), I imagined they'd put some automatic points on him. Should I keep the points or try to downgrade him? Is there a benefit to either option?
To everyone - those of you with PRE stallions - were you experienced with stallions before you got your PRE stalllion? Or if you don't have prior-stallion-experience, did you buy it and keep it as a stallion because it was as well behaved as a gelding? How do your stallions manage around other horses? How do you manage at shows? Do you need to be a professional to handle them at shows when there are other horses around? Or can you cope on your own?
I've seen some ridden breeding stallions before, and they are an absolute handful, like bouncy, hormonal firecrackers with a rocket in their pocket, ready to pull your arm off if they see another horse...gorgeous horses, but you'd need to be really experienced with stallions / or a pro to handle them from the ground or ride them.
great to hear your experience - that your horse travelled well, and settled in quickly. Also good to hear about the hacking and that he took to it like an old hand Mine has never hacked before either, and I'm not sure whether to brave the first ride myself or get a pro to do it...the hacking will be directly in The New Forest - so he will have a lot to cope with - wild hairy cows running free, ponies, deer, plus, the sheer wilds of the New Forest will be completely a new experience for him. So when you hack, do you go with others? Does he get on with other horses well? Can you only hack with geldings?
When you say your boy got stage fright in warm up arenas - what did he do? What was he frightened of - the other horses, mirrors etc or the new environment? Does he behave well in new environments normally?
BD gave you 260 points - I've been wondering about that myself, since he is a wee bit older (5), I imagined they'd put some automatic points on him. Should I keep the points or try to downgrade him? Is there a benefit to either option?
To everyone - those of you with PRE stallions - were you experienced with stallions before you got your PRE stalllion? Or if you don't have prior-stallion-experience, did you buy it and keep it as a stallion because it was as well behaved as a gelding? How do your stallions manage around other horses? How do you manage at shows? Do you need to be a professional to handle them at shows when there are other horses around? Or can you cope on your own?
I've seen some ridden breeding stallions before, and they are an absolute handful, like bouncy, hormonal firecrackers with a rocket in their pocket, ready to pull your arm off if they see another horse...gorgeous horses, but you'd need to be really experienced with stallions / or a pro to handle them from the ground or ride them.